Old English · noun
healh
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xæ͜ɑlx/[hæ͜ɑɫx]
- Syllables
- xæ͜ɑlx (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- haughminorhaleelevationmarshlandremotenookhidden
Meaning
-
A minor elevation in marshland.
-
A corner of an area, building or room; a nook.
-
A hidden or remote place.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *halh, probably from Proto-Germanic *halhaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”), Bulgarian кълка (kălka, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”), or from Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kel- (“to bend”) (and if so related to Old Norse hallr (“slope, incline”), from Proto-Germanic *halluz), both of which are suggested roots cognate with Latin calx (“heel”).
Descendants
hale, haugh
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